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That's good for college athletics. Now, the Big East can't rest on its laurels and assume it has several more weeks of life. It has to find some way to guard against a Big Ten raid, or die trying. Right now, I am somewhat skeptical that the Big Ten is going to blow the Big East up. Rutgers and the other ilk just won't bring in the cash, and don't have the tradition. I don't think we will see Rutgers going unless they are followed by Notre Dame, or 3 other Eastern teams.
The era of super conferences may be over before it got started.
Perhaps the Big Ten -- when it doesn't get Notre Dame -- stops where it is. NU is a nice scalp for that league and adds a ton of tradition. Also, I assume Missouri is out of the picture for the Big Ten so there is one more less team in play. Rutgers should be careful about batting eyes or they too can be "Missouried." I wonder what Colorado and Nebraska are thinking right now?
Got to hand it to Beebe and it's a lesson for the Big East. Now, it helps to have some bullets in the holster namely Oklahoma and Texas, but the Big 12 was going to go down on its own terms instead of going quietly and being resigned to its fate. The Big East should leverage its teams much like the Big 12 did and put them all on the spot. Beebe made the institutions uncomfortable and made them choose. Now, it was a miracle save, but even if it blew up and the Pac 16 came to be -- isn't knowing that your done better than wondering when the ax is going to fall? Do nothing, and eventually it's over anyway.
I would recommend the Big East either insure its future, or accelerate its demise. You can't wait for the Big Ten to do it on its terms.
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I'm pretty Nebraska is still very happy with how everything turned out since they clearly did not want to deal with Texas anymore.
You get the feeling the Pac-10 is looking at Colorado and thinking...ugh, why did we do this?
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